How Jeffrey Deitch, Citibank, and Christo Created the Art Market as We Know It

But somehow—despite the fact that many of the most prominent collectors hail from the financial industry, works of art regularly command seven figures, and banks are lining up to lend against art—acknowledging the existence of an art market tends to ...

'Civilizations' Global Art History Series Produced By PBS & BBC Set For Spring – TCA

PBS and BBC have teamed on Civilizations, a global nine-part series that tells the story of art from the beginning of human history to the present day, for premiere this spring on PBS. The series was announced as part of PBS' presentation Sunday at the ...and more »

Museum's Plan To Sell 40 Works Has Art World Up In Arms

A museum in Western Massachusettts has found itself as the focus of a recurrent discussion in the art world: Is it ever okay for a museum to sell some of its works for financial reasons? For Van Shields, executive director of the Berkshire Museum in ...

How to decorate on a budget

Living Room THUNDER BAY – LIVING – Decorating your new house becomes a priority after you move in. Once all the essentials are put in their new places and everyone is settled in, you might feel like the place is still a bit empty, even though you've ...

Renters' Top 6 Excuses for Not Decorating—Busted

2: 'I only use my place to sleep, so why spend money decorating it?' If you spend more time asleep than awake in your home, don't use your decorating budget on the walls—focus on your bedroom decor. Quality bedding will instantly dress up a bedroom ...

What Is This Art Gallery Doing on a Congolese Palm-Oil Plantation?

In April 2017 an art gallery opened in an improbable place—on a former palm oil plantation in Lusanga, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Located more than 400 miles southeast of the Congolese capital, Kinshasa, the town is remote and ...

What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week

In their New York debut, however, the pair play up crowding, covering the entire interior of the Storefront for Art and Architecture — including the wonderful pivoting doors that dominate its idiosyncratic Vito Acconci design — with objects, parts of ...

Art and Museums in NYC This Week

Our guide to new art shows — and some that will be closing soon. 'RICHARD GERSTL' at the Neue Galerie (through Sept. 25). The work of this young turn-of-the-century Viennese painter, who committed suicide in 1908 after a scandalous affair with the ...

Making and Looking at Art May Reduce Depression and Doctor Visits, Report Suggests

We all know that art can change your life, but what about helping to save it? A new report has found evidence that the arts bring a wide range of health benefits, speeding medical recoveries and improving overall quality of life. Released last week in ...

How Two Famous Art Collectors Founded a Growing Luxury Hotel Brand

The founders built it with the help of architect Deborah Berke, converting five 19th century warehouses into a 90-room boutique hotel, complete with what would become the brand's signatures: an on-site contemporary art museum, award-winning restaurant ...

New art fair for China: Art Chengdu to launch next year in thriving ...

China is to get another new art fair: the inaugural Art Chengdu International Contemporary Art Fair is due to run in the Sichuan capital from 28 April to 2 May next ...and more »

OCD Gangster? Serial Art Thief Caught After Amassing an 'Aladdin-Cave' of Stolen Works—and Carefully Labeling ...

The serial thief specialized in targeting local art collectors in the Vaucluse region of France but appears to have ventured as far as London and Paris, ripping off hotels and shops as well as museums and galleries. Helpfully, he carefully cataloged ...

In Gold Butte in Nevada, Ancient Rock Art and Rugged Beauty

I had found the site of the rock art known as 21 Goats. Earlier in the afternoon, I had written in my notebook, “Gold Butte is beautiful but not breathtaking.” I was thinking about how it compares with other great destinations of the American West such ...

Berkshire Museum's Planned Sale of Art Draws Opposition

The plan to sell works by artists like Norman Rockwell, Frederic Church, Albert Bierstadt and Alexander Calder would violate the ethical codes of both organizations, the American Alliance of Museums and the Association of Art Museum Directors, which ...

The Art Of Strike Vector EX

Fine Art is a celebration of the work of video game artists, showcasing the best of both their professional and personal portfolios. If you're in the business and have some concept, environment, promotional or character art you'd like to share, drop us ...

Sell your crappy MS Paint creations in this very zen art simulation game

They say art is a good outlet for expressing your thoughts and feelings, but since I'm not one to keep a notebook full of doodles, I have found peace within Passpartout: The Starving Artist, a recently released game where you make MS Paint-style ...

Tensions in the Art Classroom

Michael Bonesteel, well-known in the art world as a professor specializing in comics and outsider art, has resigned from his position at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago amid tensions between the institution, his students and himself. The ...and more »

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St. Pete looks to woo art collectors with comprehensive brochure
The city of St. Petersburg has distributed 35,000 copies of a 52-page Art Collectors Guide to art buyers in Florida and throughout the U.S., with the goal of marketing the city to art enthusiasts. The guide aims to attract visitors looking to purchase ...

Howling at the Moon: Watch New Video by Artist Will Benedict for Noise Band Wolf Eyes

The artist Will Benedict has worked on multiple projects with the American noise band Wolf Eyes, highlights of which include a music video that featured Charlie Rose interviewing an alien and a documentary about global food distribution called Toilets Not Temples, Read More
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Istanbul Biennial Announces 2017 Artist List

The 15th edition runs September 16 through November 12. Read More
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9 Art Events to Attend in New York City This Week

A guide to the next seven days. Read More
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Morning Links: Ivanka Trump’s $25 Million Collection Edition

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Habitat: Studio Visits With Artists in Hong Kong

Peer into eight sites with creators at work. Read More
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Art Industry News: Leonardo DiCaprio Taps Adrian Ghenie to Help Save the Planet + More Must-Read Stories

Israeli Art Student's Use of Auschwitz Artifacts Incites Furor – The student, Rotem Bides, claims to have collected objects from the former concentration camp for use in a school exhibition. The move has prompted heated backlash from the college as ...

The Duchess of Cambridge and Family Refine the Art of Pantone Politics

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (wearing a Catherine Walker look) with their children, Prince George and Princess Charlotte, on Wednesday as they arrived at Berlin Tegel Airport. Credit Chris Jackson/Getty Images. The second European outreach tour ...and more »

Sean McGrath's Affinity for Art

Being influenced by his grandma, who graduated from the art institute, McGrath got his BFA in studio art from Henderson State University. What is it about the hobby that McGrath loves so much? “It keeps your brain active,” McGrath said. “Anything you ...and more »

Morning Links: $3.9 M. Coin Edition

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True Confessions of a Justified Art Dealer, Part Eight: My $500,000 Mistake

Previous entries in Mesler s column are here.In February 2017 my family and I relocated from New York to Sag Harbor where we are happy and building a new life. I have stopped drinking and know I can never go back. Rental, my Read More
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‘End of Times; Beginning of Times’: The ARoS Triennial in Denmark Stares Down Climate Change

As the sun started setting around 10 p.m. in Denmark, attendees at a reception on the rooftop of the ARoS Aarhus Art Museum included a lot of Scandinavians but also Rirkrit Tiravanija, Doug Aitken, and Meg Webster, all assembled amid an otherworldly vibe Read More
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Greene Naftali Now Represents Tony Cokes

Greene Naftali gallery in New York now represents Tony Cokes, the video artist known for his text-heavy films that combine original and appropriated imagery, often with an attention to identity and power structures.Cokes s work resists what he calls the representational Read More
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St. Pete looks to woo art collectors with comprehensive brochure
The city of St. Petersburg has distributed 35,000 copies of a 52-page Art Collectors Guide to art buyers in Florida and throughout the U.S., with the goal of marketing the city to art enthusiasts. The guide aims to attract visitors looking to purchase ...

Guggenheim Museum to Stage Danh Vo Survey in 2018

This coming February, the Guggenheim Museum in New York will present a comprehensive survey of Danh Vo, the Vietnamese-born artist whose installations, photographs, sculptures, and actions have, over the past 15 years, focused on authorship and crisscrossing peoples and cultures. Katherine Read More
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Gokula Stoffel at Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel Galpão, São Paulo

Pictures at an Exhibition presents images of one notable show every weekday.Today’s show: “Gokula Stoffel: Anxious Madonna” is on view at Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel Galpão in São Paulo through Saturday, July 29. The solo exhibition, the São Paulo–based artist s Read More
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Morning Links: Judith Beheading Holofernes Edition

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Mason Poole Photographs Beyoncé [Updated]

Sir Carter and Rumi 1 month today.
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Hirshhorn Gala to Honor 31 Women Artists, Including Yoko Ono, Lorna Simpson, Jenny Holzer, Njideka Akunyili Crosby

On November 6, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., will honor 31 female artists at its annual gala. The artists, who range from Njideka Akunyili Crosby to Yayoi Kusama, whose mirror rooms were the subject of a Read More
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Istanbul’s Rampa Gallery Has Closed

Rampa, a well-regarded contemporary art gallery in Istanbul has shut its doors after seven years in business. The gallery s final show was a solo outing with Selma Gürbüz that ended in April, but the closure appears not to have been Read More
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Lorrena Herrera Rashid at Marso Gallery, Mexico City

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Michael Auping, Longtime Chief Curator of Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Retires

Michael Auping, who has been with the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth for nearly a quarter-century, is retiring as chief curator, according to the Texas art website Glasstire.Auping’s curatorial credits at the museum are long, and include the recent Read More
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Morning Links: Knocking Over Sculpture With a Selfie Edition

A Tour Through EuropeA show of work by Modigliani at the Doge s Palace in Geneva has closed after 21 works turned out to be fakes. [The Telegraph]Read this very positive review of Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age Read More
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9 Art Events to Attend in New York City This Week

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Exhibitor List Announced for New York’s Salon Art + Design Fair

The Salon Art + Design fair has announced the exhibitor list for its upcoming edition, at the Park Avenue Armory in New York November 9-13. The sixth edition of the design fair will present historic and contemporary furniture, decorative arts, and fine Read More
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Coming to Light: Long-Lost New Media Pioneer Thomas Wilfred Dazzles in Yale Retrospective

Thomas Wilfred (1889–1968) created experiments in light and movement which in their ephemeral form and duration—some projections repeat only once every several years— challenge our notion of an artwork as a viewable experience. A show at Yale curated by Keely Read More
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‘Blue Black’ at Pulitzer Arts Foundation, St. Louis, Missouri

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Morning Links: Damaged Poussin Paintings Edition

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Manuela Mozo Named Director of Untitled Art Fair

The newly created role at the fair, which has editions in Miami Beach and San Francisco, will oversee brand-related and curatorial ventures. Read More
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At the Art Museum Ticket Office, How Much Is Too Much?

Or, the admission fee is too damn high Read More
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Cauleen Smith, Martine Syms Join CalArts Staff

The California Institute of Arts in Valencia has added Cauleen Smith and Martine Syms to the staff of its School of Art. Syms will start teaching there in September, while Smith will begin in her new position in January.Both artists Read More
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New York’s Off Vendome Gallery Will Close

The gallery, which opened in Chelsea in February 2015, had an impressive run. Read More
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At Parrish Gala, Agnes Gund Talks $165 M. Lichtenstein Sale, Jeff Koons Leads Tour

At Parrish Gala, Agnes Gund Talks $165 M. Lichtenstein Sale, Jeff Koons Leads Tour Read More
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